This weekend Linz, the capital of Upper Austria, celebrates the opening of Linz09 – European Capital of Culture. In the course of the preparations the famous Ars Electronica Center, home of the Ars Electronica – Festival for Art, Technology and Society, was closed for structural alteration works. Now the center has opened its doors to public again.  The new one-of-a-kind facility shows a fine collection of some of the world’s most exciting media art projects.

And guess what: Fluid Forms is part of the exhibition! Cassius, the custom lampshade you design yourself by giving blows to a punching bag, is one of the center pieces of the so called Fab Lab. The Fab Lab is a kind of laboratory for Rapid Prototyping technologies showing the arts and crafts of tomorrow. During 2009 a series of workshops will be hosted there to which we will contribute our knowledge and ideas together with other awesome projects like the ones from nervous system, Fab @ Home or Bathsheba Sculpture LLC.

We are excited to be part of Fab Lab and looking forward to pushing limits in fabbing!

Some impressions from the opening day:

Cassius, 5 minutes before press people were showing up

Design meets Robotics

Crowds at the opening ceremony of the Ars Electronica Center

Cassius facing martial arts moves – to fast for the camera

more impressions from the opening of the Ars Electronica Center.

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